foreign language

Jon said:

On the NAS site its says:

'If you have Asperger syndrome, understanding conversation is like trying to understand a foreign language'.

I am not all together sure what this actually means. Is it that true for all Aspies? Understanding a foreign language is impossible if you do not know it. Would that not mean that communication is impossible?

Any thoughts?

LOL.

It was probably written by a neuro-typical who was trying to get across to other neuro-typicals what it's like to have Asperger's, without actually knowing for themselves what it's actually like.

Or, in other words, it's a really bad analogy!

I would imagine it's more like being a Japanese person, who speaks rudimentary English, trying to have a conversation with someone from Newcastle.

I.e. there is communication, and conversation, but much of the nuance and subtlety gets 'lost in translation'.

I think.

But then, I have Asperger's so what would I know!?

Maybe there's some whole universe of conversational layers that NT's use that I'm not aware of!?

Jon said:

On the NAS site its says:

'If you have Asperger syndrome, understanding conversation is like trying to understand a foreign language'.

I am not all together sure what this actually means. Is it that true for all Aspies? Understanding a foreign language is impossible if you do not know it. Would that not mean that communication is impossible?

Any thoughts?

LOL.

It was probably written by a neuro-typical who was trying to get across to other neuro-typicals what it's like to have Asperger's, without actually knowing for themselves what it's actually like.

Or, in other words, it's a really bad analogy!

I would imagine it's more like being a Japanese person, who speaks rudimentary English, trying to have a conversation with someone from Newcastle.

I.e. there is communication, and conversation, but much of the nuance and subtlety gets 'lost in translation'.

I think.

But then, I have Asperger's so what would I know!?

Maybe there's some whole universe of conversational layers that NT's use that I'm not aware of!?